Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Hearing

question 95

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the hearing capability of newborns?

• A)They can hear well when they are born.
• B)They cannot hear well until they are three months old.
• C)They prefer their father's voice to those of other men.
• D)They do not show a particular preference for their mother's voice.

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Definitions:

Bacteriophages

Viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria.

Alfred Hershey

An American bacteriologist and geneticist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969 for his work on the genetics of viruses, including the famous Hershey-Chase experiment.

Martha Chase

An American geneticist who, along with Alfred Hershey, performed experiments confirming that DNA is the genetic material of life.

Experiments

Carefully designed procedures to test hypotheses, establish cause and effect, or discover new phenomena under controlled conditions.